ArtSpace/Lima announces the opening of Treasures from the Mazza Museum in The Ellen Nelson Gallery, Friday, Sept. 14.

With a collection of more than 3,000 original illustrations by the top children’s book artists, The University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum is home to one of the foremost such collections in the world. Within its walls, the museum-goer sees displayed both the original artwork and a copy of the book edition in which it appears or first appeared. 

Now, a significant portion of that collection comes to ArtSpace/Lima’s Ellen Nelson Gallery in an exhibit to run from Sept. 14 through Oct. 27. The art was selected to give the viewer an eclectic collection, highlighting a variety of media and styles as well as time periods.

Eight Caldecott Award winners, including Marcia Brown, Gerald McDermott and David Diaz, will have original artwork in the exhibit, as well as other popular artists such as Steven Kellogg and Denise Brunkus.

Treasures from the Mazza Museum opens Friday, Sept. 14 with a public reception from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

ArtSpace/Lima is a not-for-profit arts organization with a mission to promote the arts in northwest Ohio and to provide artists with a venue to present and to sell their work.  

ArtSpace/Lima is supported in part by a grant from the Ohio Arts Council.